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Italian American working in Shipyard

Italian American woman working in the bay area shipyards 1943. Relates to Italian American labor relationship, Italian Americans in the Bay and…

"Migrant Mother"

Lange's Migrant Mother snapshots the grim gaze of Florence Owens Thompson, one of the many destitute farmers in California. In 1936, when this…

Migrant Mother

Migrant Mother is a photograph taken in 1936 in Nipomo, California, USA by American photographer Dorothea Lange during her spell at the Resettlement…

Richard Floyd L. Begin Scholarship letter of acknowledgment

A letter from John J. Donovan Jr. to Father Patrick A. Donohue acknowledging a thank you letter sent by Donohue to Donovan about the scholarship that…

Donovan Letter

A letter from Oakland architect John J. Donovan Jr. who is writing to Father Donohoe looking to establish a scholarship in the name of the Oakland…

13-YEAR-OLD SURVIVOR OF THE MAUTHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP

A 13-year-old orphan, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Photograph taking following liberation of the camp. Austria

Bits of Careless Talk

Poster of a hand wearing a Nazi ring piecing together a jigsaw puzzle

Japanese War Crimes Trials. Manila

Koki Hirota listens to death sentence read by Sir William Webb (Australia) (not shown), President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far…